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Double Issue: Spotlight on architectural coatings
The double issue of the European Coatings Journal for January and February is out. It features a comprehensive update on architectural coatings: a market report, expert interviews research insights.
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rGO instead of zinc dust in anticorrosion epoxy composites
A small load (e.g., 0.5 wt%) of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) was used to replace a large amount (e.g., 20–30 wt%) of zinc dust (ZD) in solvent-based zinc-rich epoxy composite coatings (ECCs) to maintain...
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Wilhelm Niemann Maschinenfabrik delivers dispersing machines to Aditya Birla
Wilhelm Niemann Maschinenfabrik has recently received the largest order in the company's history from the Aditya Birla Group in India for the delivery of 36 high-performance dispersing machines.
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Textured epoxy resin coatings for corrosion resistance
A new study describes the preparation of textured epoxy resin coatings for excellent hydrophobicity and corrosion resistance in marine environments.
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Axalta’s Automotive Colour of the Year 2023: “Techno Blue
Axalta Coating Systems has announced its 2023 Global Automotive Colour of the Year – "Techno Blue". This is the 9th year the company has featured a trending colour.
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Review: Polydopamine coatings for timber protection against fire
Global warming has boosted the frequency and severity of bushfires in Australia, and several regions of the world, calling for the urgent development of fire-proof buildings and architectures. This natural...
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Challenges include the need for an expanded performance profile
Amber Goodyear, Global Market Manager for Powder Resins at Arkema, gives insights into trends in powder coatings and what could be done to increase the performance of low-temperature powder coatings. ...
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Cost-saving measures: Dow cuts 2000 jobs
Dow has outlined a series of targeted actions aligned to its previously stated plan to achieve aproximately EUR 0,92 billion in cost savings in 2023.
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New kind of bio-based antifouling coating
Researchers describe the fabrication of an antifouling coating based on chitosan-melanin hybrid nanoparticles as sustainable and antimicrobial surface.
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BASF publishes “Color Report 2022 for Automotive OEM Coatings
As they have for several years, achromatic colours dominated the automotive market around the globe in 2022. But as BASF’s designers found in the company’s Color Report for Automotive OEM Coatings,...
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Effects on the UV absorbing power of titanium dioxide
Scientists havs studied the role of titanium dioxide surface modification on UV protective properties of eco-friendly PA coating.
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Byk production expansion successfully completed in Shanghai
Following Byk Tongling, the integrated site in Shanghai is now Byk's second production plant in China. The company has invested a total of a low double-digit million EUR amount.
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Corrosion prevention on vascular stents
A recently conducted study presents the dual strengthened corrosion control of biodegradable coating on magnesium alloy for vascular stent application.
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Penn Color opens new “Singapore Technology Center
In addition to the company’s existing Technology Centers in Hatfield PA, USA, and Venray, The Netherlands, Penn Color has opened a new site in Singapore.